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Villain Books
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Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as villain)
avg rating 3.93 — 359,786 ratings — published 2023
Vicious (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as villain)
avg rating 4.18 — 329,083 ratings — published 2013
Kiss the Villain (Villain, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as villain)
avg rating 4.03 — 63,768 ratings — published 2025
Hunt the Villain (Villain, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as villain)
avg rating 4.51 — 16,135 ratings — published 2026
Hooked (Never After, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as villain)
avg rating 3.77 — 520,018 ratings — published 2021
Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as villain)
avg rating 4.10 — 191,152 ratings — published 2024
Crave the Villain (Villain, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as villain)
avg rating 3.53 — 185 ratings — published 2027
Renegades (Renegades, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as villain)
avg rating 4.11 — 167,041 ratings — published 2017
The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as villain)
avg rating 3.86 — 143,559 ratings — published 2014
The Shadows Between Us (The Stathos Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as villain)
avg rating 3.81 — 219,969 ratings — published 2020
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as villain)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,251,222 ratings — published 2011
King of Battle and Blood (Adrian x Isolde, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as villain)
avg rating 3.70 — 149,838 ratings — published 2021
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as villain)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,773,123 ratings — published 2018
Scarred (Never After, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as villain)
avg rating 3.85 — 216,817 ratings — published 2022
The Unseelie Prince (Maze of Shadows, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villain)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,594 ratings — published 2021
Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villain)
avg rating 3.86 — 130,676 ratings — published 2018
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villain)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,120,926 ratings — published 2012
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as villain)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,672,622 ratings — published 2023
Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as villain)
avg rating 3.61 — 385,970 ratings — published 2020
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as villain)
avg rating 4.21 — 869,392 ratings — published 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 9 times as villain)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,220,192 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as villain)
avg rating 4.16 — 504,397 ratings — published 2018
Twisted (Never After, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 3.85 — 119,856 ratings — published 2023
The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 4.12 — 205,190 ratings — published 2022
Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 3.68 — 313,413 ratings — published 2021
Desperate Measures (Wicked Villains, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 3.53 — 60,967 ratings — published 2019
All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 3.84 — 45,021 ratings — published 2021
Vengeful (Villains, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 4.12 — 132,510 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,327,211 ratings — published 2015
Duke of Sin (Maiden Lane, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,107 ratings — published 2016
Lothaire (Immortals After Dark, #11)
by (shelved 8 times as villain)
avg rating 4.36 — 49,503 ratings — published 2012
Not All Himbos Wear Capes (Villainous Things, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,727 ratings — published 2022
The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.66 — 220,809 ratings — published 2022
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 4.06 — 695,346 ratings — published 2021
Vow of Deception (Deception Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.89 — 83,124 ratings — published 2021
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.86 — 364,334 ratings — published 2020
The Villain (Boston Belles, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 4.21 — 56,212 ratings — published
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,548,610 ratings — published 2020
The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,115 ratings — published 2020
Rhapsodic (The Bargainer, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.89 — 197,968 ratings — published 2016
Cruel Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.64 — 93,732 ratings — published 2014
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,171,553 ratings — published 2015
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villain)
avg rating 3.83 — 124,425 ratings — published 2011
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 4.00 — 643,343 ratings — published 2023
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 4.26 — 771,660 ratings — published 2022
Wretched (Never After, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 3.83 — 151,507 ratings — published 2022
Fairest of All (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 3.81 — 54,585 ratings — published 2009
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 4.25 — 390,146 ratings — published 2016
There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villain)
avg rating 3.78 — 120,547 ratings — published 2021
“Hello, priest," Lord Lucian said, his voice low and
velvety, yet laced with an undercurrent of menace. "How
about saying hello to God for
me?”
Father Michael swallowed hard. “I—I’ll pray…”
The congregation’s collective breath hung in the silence.
Lucian’s smile was a thing of winter—beautiful, cold, and
merciless. “That’s the thing, Father. I’ve studied Him for
centuries without breath, and I’ve noticed something.”
From-When Darkness Loves:Shadows Bleed.”
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velvety, yet laced with an undercurrent of menace. "How
about saying hello to God for
me?”
Father Michael swallowed hard. “I—I’ll pray…”
The congregation’s collective breath hung in the silence.
Lucian’s smile was a thing of winter—beautiful, cold, and
merciless. “That’s the thing, Father. I’ve studied Him for
centuries without breath, and I’ve noticed something.”
From-When Darkness Loves:Shadows Bleed.”
―
“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.”
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